Section 28.10.491. Felonies relating to title, registration, identification number, and removal and representation of vehicles.

   (a) Upon conviction, a person is guilty of a felony who
        (1) alters, forges, or counterfeits a certificate of title or registration, or a registration plate, decal, tab, or sticker of this or another jurisdiction;
        (2) alters or forges an assignment of a certificate of title or an assignment or release of a security interest on a certificate of title of this or another jurisdiction or on a form the department prescribes;
        (3) has possession of or uses a certificate of title or registration, registration plate, decal, tab, or sticker of this or another jurisdiction knowing it to have been altered, forged, or counterfeited;
        (4) wilfully removes or falsifies a vehicle identification number;
        (5) wilfully conceals or misrepresents the identity of a vehicle or vehicle equipment;
        (6) buys, receives, possesses, sells, or disposes of a vehicle or vehicle equipment, knowing that a vehicle identification number or equipment has been unlawfully removed or falsified;
        (7) removes from the state a vehicle that is the subject of a security interest created under AS 28.01 - 28.35 or under AS 45.01 - 45.08, AS 45.12, AS 45.14, and AS 45.29 without the written consent of the secured party, and with intent to defraud the secured party or the state;
        (8) represents a motor vehicle or house trailer to be a new vehicle and who sells or procures the sale of that motor vehicle as a new vehicle without presenting a "manufacturer's statement of origin"; or
        (9) makes a false statement or otherwise conceals or withholds a material fact in an application for registration or certificate of title or falsely affirms with respect to a matter required to be sworn to, affirmed, or furnished under this chapter or regulations adopted under this chapter; except that a person who with criminal negligence as defined in AS 11.81.900, falsely certifies to the department the existence of a motor vehicle liability insurance policy under AS 28.10.021(a)(2), is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
   (b) A person convicted of an offense under this section is punishable by imprisonment for not less than one year nor more than five years, or by a fine of not less than $500 nor more than $5,000, or by both.

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History

(Sec. 7 ch 178 SLA 1978; am Sec. 6 ch 54 SLA 1979; am Sec. 20 ch 108 SLA 1989)